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Alien is a British-American science-fiction horror media franchise centered on the film series depicting Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as "the Alien."

Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the series began with Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott. It was followed by three sequels, Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). Scott also directed a prequelseries, composed of Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017).

The series has led to numerous books, comics, and video game spin-offs. The Alien vs. Predator franchise combines the continuities of the Alien franchise with the Predator franchise, and consists of two films as well as varying series of comics, books and video games.

 

 

 

 

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Alien

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Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and attacks the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon, drawing upon previous works of science fiction and horror, wrote the screenplay from a story he co-authored with Ronald Shusett. The film was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script. Shusett was executive producer. The eponymous Alienand its accompanying elements were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human aspects of the film.

Alien was released on May 25, 1979 in the United States and September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with critical acclaim and found box office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other nominations. It has been consistently praised in the years since its release, and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre, and as the thirty-third greatest film of all time by Empire magazine.

The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of novels, comic books, video games, and toys. It also launched Weaver's acting career, providing her with her first lead role. The story of her character Ellen Ripley's encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997). A crossover with the Predator franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator films, which includes Alien vs. Predator(2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). A prequel series includes Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017).

 

Aliens

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Aliens is a 1986 American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, and Bill Paxton. It is the sequel to the 1979 film Alien and the second installment in the Alien franchise. The film follows Weaver's character Ellen Ripley as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Aliencreature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines.

Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill of Brandywine Productions, who produced the first film and its later sequels, served as executive producers on Aliens. They were interested in a follow-up to Alien as soon as its 1979 release, but the new management at 20th Century Fox postponed those plans until 1983. Brandywine picked Cameron to write after reading his script for The Terminator; when that film became a hit in 1984, Fox greenlit Aliens with Cameron as director and a budget of approximately $18 million. It was filmed in England at Pinewood Studios and at a decommissioned power plant in Acton, London.

Aliens was released on July 18, 1986 and grossed $180 million worldwide. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver, winning both Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects. It won eight Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actor for Paxton, Best Supporting Actress for Goldstein, and Best Direction and Best Writing for Cameron), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Empire magazine voted it the 'Greatest Film Sequel Of All Time'.[citation needed] Aliens was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1986 in North America.

A sequel, Alien 3, was released in May 22, 1992, with Weaver's reprising her role as Ellen Ripley and Henriksen as Bishop in the film.

 

Alien 3

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Alien 3 (stylized as ALIEN³) is a 1992 American science-fiction horror film directed by David Fincher in his feature directorial debut and written by David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson from a story by Vincent Ward. It serves as the third film installment of the Alien franchise, and takes place after the events of Aliens (1986).

The film stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley. She and an Alien organism are the only ones to survive the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco's escape pod's crash on a planet housing a penal colony populated by violent male inmates. Tom Woodruff, Jr. plays the alien named "Dragon." Additional roles are played by Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, and Danielle Edmond.

The film faced large-scale problems during production, including shooting without a script, with various screenwriters and directors attached. Fincher was finally brought in to direct after a proposed version with Vincent Ward at the helm was cancelled well into pre-production.

Alien 3 was released on May 22, 1992. While underperforming at the American box office, it earned over $100 million outside of North America. The film received polarized reviews and was regarded as inferior to the previous installments. Fincher has since disowned the film, blaming studio interference and deadlines. In 2003, a revised version of the film known as the Assembly Cut was released without Fincher's involvement; it received a warmer reception than the first release version.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The animal action in the film was monitored by the American Humane Association. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, seven Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actor for Dutton, Best Direction for Fincher, and Best Writing for Giler, Hill, and Ferguson), a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and an MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence.

A sequel, Alien Resurrection, was released in November 26, 1997, with Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley in the film.

 

Alien: Resurrection

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Alien Resurrection is a 1997 American science-fiction action horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon. It is the fourth installment in the Alien film series, and the final installment in the original series. It was filmed at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California. It stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley with additional roles played by Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott. Tom Woodruff, Jr. plays the Alien Queen, and the Newborn.

In the film, which is set 200 years after the preceding installment Alien 3 (1992), Ripley is cloned and an Alien queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM Auriga, using human hosts kidnapped and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, while Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the Auriga before it reaches its destination: Earth.

Alien Resurrection was released on November 26, 1997, and received mixed reviews from film critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt "there is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder", later naming it one of the worst films of 1997,  while Desson Thomson of The Washington Post said the film "satisfactorily recycles the great surprises that made the first movie so powerful". The film grossed $47.7 million in North America, the least successful of the Alien series on that continent. It was well received internationally, however, with a gross of $113.5 million, bringing its total gross to $161.2 million. It was the 43rd highest-grossing film in North America in 1997, four days after Anastasia, another 20th Century Fox film.  The film was nominated for six Saturn Awards (including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actress for Ryder, and Best Direction for Jeunet).

A sequel to Resurrection was planned as Joss Whedon had written an earth-set script for Alien 5, but was cancelled after Sigourney Weaver was not interested in this setting, though she has remained open to reprise her role as Ellen Ripley for a fifth installment on the condition that she likes the story. The fifth Alien film, Prometheus was released in 2012 directed by Ridley Scott, who stated that the film precedes the story of the 1979 film Alien, but is not directly connected to the original film's franchise, and that Prometheus explores its own mythology and ideas.

 

Alien Vs. Predator

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Alien vs. Predator (also abbreviated as AVP) is a 2004 science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, and Colin Salmon. Tom Woodruff, Jr. plays an alien named "Grid". Ian Whyte plays the Predators named "Scar", "Celtic" and "Chopper". It is the first installment of the Alien vs. Predator franchise, adapting a crossover bringing together the eponymous creatures of the Alien and Predator series, a concept which originated in a 1989 comic book. Set in 2004, the film follows a group of archaeologists assembled by billionaire Charles Bishop Weyland for an expedition near the Antarctic to investigate a mysterious heat signal. Weyland hopes to claim the find for himself, and his group discovers a pyramid below the surface of a whaling station. Hieroglyphs and sculptures reveal that the pyramid is a hunting ground for young Predators who kill Aliens as a rite of passage. The humans are caught in the middle of a battle between the two species and attempt to prevent the Aliens from reaching the surface.

Anderson, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett wrote the story; Anderson and Shane Salerno adapted the story into a screenplay. Their writing was influenced by Aztec mythology, the comic book series, and the writings of Erich von Däniken. The film was released on August 13, 2004 in North America, and received negative reviews from critics. The film grossed over $172 million at the worldwide box office. A sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, was released in December 25, 2007.

 

 

Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem

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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (also abbreviated as AVP: R) is a 2007 American science fiction action horror film directed by the Brothers Strause (Colin and Greg) in their directorial debut, written by Shane Salerno, and starring Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, and Ariel Gade. Tom Woodruff, Jr. plays the Predalien; a breed between Aliens and Predators. Ian Whyte and Bobby "Slim" Jones play the Predators named "Wolf" and "Bull" respectively. It is the second installment (and possibly last installment) of the Alien vs. Predator film franchise, continuing the crossover of the Alien and Predator franchises.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was released on December 25, 2007, and received largely negative reviews from film critics. The film grossed $9.5 million on its opening day and took in a worldwide gross of $128.9 million in theaters. According to Home Media Magazine, the film debuted at #1 in sales and rentals on Blu-ray and #2 on DVD when it was released on home video on April 15, 2008. Since then it has made $27.4 million in DVD sales. The film was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Sequence.

 

Prometheus

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Prometheus (/prəˈmiːθiəs/ prə-MEE-thee-əs) is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron. It is set in the late 21st century and centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. Seeking the origins of humanity, the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat that could cause the extinction of the human species.

Development of the film began in the early 2000s as a fifth installment in the Alien franchise. Scott and director James Cameron developed ideas for a film that would serve as a prequel to Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien. By 2003, the development of Alien vs. Predator took precedence, and the project remained dormant until 2009 when Scott again showed interest. Spaihts wrote a script for a prequel to the events of the Alien films, but Scott opted for a different direction to avoid repeating cues from those films. In late 2010, Lindelof joined the project to rewrite Spaihts's script, and he and Scott developed a story that precedes the story of Alien but is not directly connected to that franchise. According to Scott, although the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak", and takes place in the same universe, Prometheus explores its own mythology and ideas.

Prometheus entered production in April 2010, with extensive design phases during which the technology and creatures that the film required were developed. Principal photography began in March 2011, with an estimated $120–130 million budget. The project was shot using 3D cameras throughout, almost entirely on practical sets, and on location in England, Iceland, Spain, and Scotland. It was promoted with a marketing campaign that included viral activities on the web. Three videos featuring the film's leading actors in character, which expanded on elements of the fictional universe, were released and met with a generally positive reception and awards.

Prometheus was released on June 1, 2012, in the United Kingdom and on June 8, 2012, in North America. The film received praise for the aesthetic design and the acting, especially Fassbender's performance as the android David, while plot elements that remained unresolved or predictable were the main source of criticism. The film grossed over $403 million worldwide. A sequel, Alien: Covenant, was released in May 2017.

 

Alien: Covenant

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Alien: Covenant is a 2017 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by John Logan and Dante Harper, with a story by Michael Green and Jack Paglen. The film is a sequel to Prometheus (2012), the second installment in the Alien prequel series and the sixth installment overall in the Alien film series, as well as the third directed by Scott. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir, and follows the crew of a colony ship that lands on an uncharted planet and makes a terrifying discovery.

Principal photography on the film began on April 4, 2016, at Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, and wrapped on July 19, 2016. Effects houses Odd Studios and CreatureNFX provided the film's makeup and animatroniccreature effects. Scott reported that the first cut version of Covenant after filming went to two hours and twenty three minutes, eventually edited down to the two hours and three minutes of the released version.

Alien: Covenant premiered in London on May 4, 2017, and was released on May 12, 2017, in the United Kingdom and May 19 in the United States.The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many calling it a return to form for both director Ridley Scott and the franchise and praising Fassbender's dual performance. The film grossed a worldwide total of $236 million against a production budget of $97 million, but underperformed at the domestic box office.

 

 

 

 

 

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Petrichor

The Alien franchise is by far my favorite cinema franchise ever made. I can tell you off-hand almost everything about it! lol

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DeanWinchester

I love this series. Getting cornered and raped by a face****erhugger is really disturbing though

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FRANK1991

Love it!

don't get the hate on Prometheus and Covenant tho, it's not as good as the first two, but it's still amazing!

I need more to see what happens to David!!!

Cause once you let it go you better know it's gone
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40 minutes ago, Omar Vela said:

Love it, I'm gonna be a xenomorph this halloween :D

How!?

Just now, frankguo8 said:

Love it!

don't get the hate on Prometheus and Covenant tho, it's not as good as the first two, but it's still amazing!

I need more to see what happens to David!!!

They have flaws, such as the technology being far more advanced than in Alien. And Covenant relying on all that CGI. And with how hard they are trying to push David as the main villain. 

 

Mans the giant plot hole that the aliens existed before David. :usrs:

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PartySick
18 minutes ago, Doot said:

Mans the giant plot hole that the aliens existed before David. :usrs:

How? :gum:

AVP and AVPR aren't canon to the original franchise :gum:

Spoiler

Neither are 3 and Resurrection though but they're still my favorites :selena:

I want to watch Covenant again :giveup:

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10 minutes ago, PartySick said:

How?

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Shown in Prometheus.

 

I am assuming he just decided to sloppily retcon it. Similar to the sloppy design difference with the Engineers...

 

 

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42 minutes ago, Doot said:

How!?

Almost like they did in the behind the scenes of covenant

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Not as big and I'm doing it the head kind of different, not as big... still in concept
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5 minutes ago, Omar Vela said:

Almost like they did in the behind the scenes of covenant

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Not as big and I'm doing it the head kind of different, not as big... still in concept
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Looking forward to seeing the final product!

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TimisaMonster

I love the design of the alien queen 

Im confused by Prometheus and Alien Covenant...Ridley is inconsistent with the storylines

I miss Sigourney Weaver and hope she does at least one more film...

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1 minute ago, TimisaMonster said:

I love the design of the alien queen 

Im confused by Prometheus and Alien Covenant...Ridley is inconsistent with the storylines

I miss Sigourney Weaver and hope she does at least one more film...

She was supposed to be in another one. She was signed on, and had even released concept art, but then Ridley moved forward with Covenant and ruined everything. :madge:

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Omar Vela
2 minutes ago, Doot said:

She was supposed to be in another one. She was signed on, and had even released concept art, but then Ridley moved forward with Covenant and ruined everything. :madge:

I preffer COVENANT and Prometheus over ALIENS or Neill Blomcampy

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